Roja, formerly a dock worker, became a male soldier in the Alliance to Restore the Republic's 61st Mobile Infantry, more famously known as Twilight Company. He fought during the time of the Galactic Empire. He fought with the company on the planets Mygeeto and Phorsa Gedd. In the year 3 ABY, Roja, along with Namir and the soldier Beak, were tasked with escorting Twilight Company's Captain Micha Evon, also known as Howl, and the former Imperial Governor Everi Chalis to Echo Base. This was the secret base of the Alliance High Command on the planet Hoth. Once at the base, Roja and Beak were assigned to teams based on their skills. Roja quickly developed a close relationship with some T-47 airspeeder technicians, which Namir viewed as almost familial.
After the Empire discovered the location of Echo Base, Roja, along with Beak and Namir, were stationed at Perimeter Outpost Delta as part of the ground defense forces. Roja questioned Namir and was the first to see Imperial Gozanti-cruisers carrying walkers to the ground. The outpost was soon attacked by scout forces, who destroyed the turret and artillery before retreating. Roja, Namir, and Beak made their way back to Echo Base, where they found an abandoned Imperial juggernaut. Roja managed to get the vehicle working again, and he and Beak drove it, with Namir, to Echo Base, picking up straggling soldiers along the way.
Upon entering Echo Base, Roja, Beak, and Namir went to the command center to find Howl. Roja suggested splitting up to prepare their shuttle, but Namir rejected the idea. They found Howl injured next to Chalis. Roja and Beak carried the captain as the group moved toward the hangar, cautious of distant gunfire. Namir scouted ahead while the others waited. As they approached the hangar down a hallway, they were confronted by the Sith Lord Darth Vader and his stormtroopers. Roja, Beak, and Namir opened fire on the Imperials, but the Sith Lord continued to advance, cutting Beak in half. Roja then threw a fragmentation grenade, which incapacitated Namir. Roja was then killed by a blaster shot.
Originally a dock worker alongside some oblivious colleagues, Roja later became a soldier within the Rebel Alliance's 61st Mobile Infantry, better known as Twilight Company, during the time of the Galactic Empire. By the year 0 BBY, he was present during the battles on the Outer Rim planet Mygeeto. During the Alliance's Mid Rim Offensive, which began around 1 ABY, Roja participated in the fighting on the planet Phorsa Gedd.
Roja shared a bunk room with First Sergeant Hazram Namir and others aboard the Twilight Company's CR90 corvette, the Thunderstrike. Three days before the company's attack on the planet Haidoral Prime, in 3 ABY, Twilight Company unexpectedly encountered an Imperial reconnaissance squadron in the Kontahr sector, which led to an engagement. The Thunderstrike's klaxons woke Roja and his roommates. He questioned Namir about the situation, but Namir didn't have an answer. Ultimately, the Thunderstrike and its escort, the Braha'tok-class gunship Apailana's Promise, survived the battle.
Following Twilight Company's raid on an Imperial heavy freighter, Roja, Namir, and the soldier Beak were assigned to escort former Imperial governor Everi Chalis and the company's commanding officer Captain Micha Evon—nicknamed Howl—to Echo Base. This was the secret base of the Alliance High Command located on the ice planet Hoth. The group traveled in a shuttle that followed a programmed route, sent to Howl through coded messages. It led them into the Outer Rim's Anoat sector, where the Hoth system was located. During the journey, Roja initiated conversations with his comrades, sharing stories from his time as a dock worker.
Upon arriving at Echo Base, Roja's group was greeted by General Philap Bygar, who commended Chalis and Twilight Company's service. Roja observed the general, trying to stay warm by pressing his arms against his sides. Howl and Chalis were quickly directed to a strategy conference. Roja and Beak, with Namir's approval, were assigned to teams under Echo Base commanders based on their specialities. Roja quickly befriended the technicians assigned to the base's T-47 airspeeders, surprising Namir, who was assigned to patrols and other tasks. As the strategy conference became a major topic at the base, Roja overheard speculation about a strategy to defeat the Empire and shared this information with Namir.
Namir occasionally ate with Roja and Beak, who both praised the high standards of the base. Namir considered Roja's relationship with the airspeeder technicians to be like a family. Later, Namir silently called them traitors while thinking about his comrades in Twilight Company. Roja and Beak found him the following night and mocked the base troops and special forces, without explaining their changed opinion. The three reminisced about Twilight Company's past battles, such as those on Mygeeto and Phorsa Gedd. However, some days later, news arrived that the Empire had found Echo Base.
Roja, Beak, and Namir were soon assigned to defend the sentry post Perimeter Outpost Delta, where they huddled together in a trench line. They eventually received news of a fleet of Star Destroyers in orbit. Roja questioned Namir about how long it would take for the Star Destroyers to reach Hoth and for the rebel transports to take off, but Namir only shook his head. While the trio shared a pair of macrobinoculars, Roja spotted incoming Imperial starships, which Beak identified as Gozanti-cruisers carrying Imperial walkers to the surface. Namir ordered Beak to report it.
Another sentry post, Outpost Beta, soon reported the presence of Imperial ground forces. Roja expressed his concern that an Imperial AT-AT walker would destroy them despite Outpost Delta's firepower. Namir mentioned the promise of air support from Echo Base and that the outpost's forces would retreat if they only faced walkers. The first sergeant was interrupted by cannonfire from Echo Base's V-150 Planet Defender, which provided cover for an escaping rebel transport. Roja hoped that he, Beak, and Namir would be able to escape Hoth after a few more transports took off. Beak began laughing, confusing Roja, but Namir explained that Chalis had been on the first transport, calling her departure the best news in months.
Soon after, news arrived that Outpost Beta had fallen to Imperial forces. As Imperial scout forces spread out from the path of the AT-ATs, two floating gunnery platforms, carrying Cold weather assault stormtroopers from the Empire's 501st Legion and escorted by an AT-ST walker, approached. Namir ordered the sole turret to fire on the platforms, and Roja and Beak crouched in the trenches. As the AT-ST advanced, the three began shooting at the walker, which destroyed the turret. Namir then ordered Roja and Beak to fire on the stormtroopers from the remaining platform from the trenches. After the walker was brought down, the two Twilight soldiers eliminated a handful of remaining stormtroopers as the scout forces withdrew.
With Outpost Delta's transport destroyed in the fight and tauntauns, the rideable animals used at Echo Base, scattered, Roja, Beak, and Namir traveled on foot towards the base. During the trek, Roja held his arm as if injured. The three discovered an abandoned Imperial juggernaut, abandoned by its Imperial occupants, which Roja managed to get running again in minutes. He and Beak then drove it with Namir, picking up scattered soldiers along the way. The juggernaut drove through the enemy lines and reached Echo Base. Upon their arrival, the passengers disembarked to join the last line of defense, where rebel troops were continuing to fall back. A colonel informed Namir that the command center had ordered the evacuation of all positions before apparently being hit by AT-AT fire.
Namir signaled Roja and Beak to follow him, and the three entered Echo Base in search of Howl. As they traversed the damaged hallways, they crossed an intersection leading to the hangar. Roja asked if he should prepare their shuttle. Namir insisted that they stay together, and Roja nodded somberly. As the trio reached the corridor to the command center, where the beamed had collapsed, Namir had Roja and Beak hold position while he clambered through. Namir found Chalis and an unconscious Howl, who she had chosen to stay on Hoth for. The pair carried the injured captain through the partially collapsed hallway, and Roja and Beak took over carrying him. Roja asked more questions, but Beak shushed him.
The group made their way towards the hangar, with Roja and Beak continuing to carry Howl. As distant blaster shots echoed, Namir decided to scout the hallways. Chalis cynically mentioned that the Sith Lord Darth Vader and his troops were coming for her. Roja spoke, only to be ignored by Namir, who began scouting the corridors. The first sergeant briefly returned to check another route and then came back again to wave the group along. Roja told Chalis that she needed to keep Howl safe while he and Beak protected her. As the group passed dead rebels, Roja remarked that the Imperial troops had already passed, but Chalis assumed that a second wave was likely to come.
The rumble of an explosion shook the hallways, sending debris onto Roja and the others. Luckily, they were unharmed and just a hundred meters from the hangar. It was then that Chalis spotted Vader and five stormtroopers approaching. Namir and Beak began firing at the enemy group, with Roja joining them within a second. Namir ordered the others to take cover as the stormtroopers returned fire, pinning Roja and the others down. Roja huddled with Chalis and Howl. Vader leapt forward and cut Beak in half with his lightsaber. Roja then threw a fragmentation grenade at the Sith Lord, shouting an oath as he did so. Vader deflected the grenade, which hit the wall two meters from Namir, knocking the first sergeant unconscious.
Roja was killed shortly thereafter by a blaster shot to the heart. His body lay atop Howl's, who had died of his wounds. Vader and his troops briefly confronted Chalis by Roja's body, but soon moved on and swept the ex-governor aside, seeking another target. Namir, sprawled on the ground, saw the dead Roja when briefly witnessing the confrontation. As the first sergeant lost consciousness, he imagined the deaths of his comrades, including Roja being cut in half by a blade of energy. When Namir recovered, he briefly studied the deceased Roja and Howl. Namir and Chalis ultimately escaped on a shuttle using Chalis's old Imperial clearance codes.
The Battle of Hoth was a defeat for the Alliance, which found its forces scattered through the Outer Rim. Namir and Chalis returned to Twilight Company on the planet Ankhural, and the first sergeant briefly considered leaving the company, believing that Roja and his other comrades deserved better.
Roja, a male individual, often initiated conversations during the journey to Hoth. He asked questions to Namir while posted at Outpost Delta and when he and Beak began carrying the injured Howl. While the Besalisk Twilight Company soldier Gadren called Beak a fine soldier, he only stated for Roja that there were worse comrades to have. Upon his arrival at Echo Base, he pressed his arms against his side to retain heat, keeping his chin up in the presence of General Philap Bygar. Roja quickly bonded with the T-47 airspeeder technicians at the base, which Namir considered similar to a family. He and Beak initially praised the standards of Echo Base, but eventually began mocking the base personnel to Namir, without explaining their change of opinion.
When the first rebel transport escaped Hoth, Roja expressed his hope that he, Beak, and Namir would be able to flee the planet as well. He was also confused when Beak laughed about the transport leaving Hoth. After Outpost Beta was destroyed, Roja feared that an AT-AT would trample him and his comrades. During the trek towards Echo Base, he cradled his arm as if it had been injured. As Roja passed a corridor towards the base hangar, he offered to split off from Namir and Beak to prepare their shuttle. After Namir rejected his idea, he nodded somberly in response. While the first sergeant scouted hallways, Roja promised to protect Chalis as long as she protected Howl. Upon Beak's death at the hands of Darth Vader, Roja threw a grenade at the Sith Lord, shouting an oath.
Roja appeared in the 2015 novel Battlefront: Twilight Company, authored by Alexander Freed.